I have a Pietta 1851 Navy brass frame .44. It's about 15 years old. I've only shot it twice, once when it was new and then again last week. The problem I have is that the take down pin in front of the cylinder comes out VERY hard. I have to get a brass punch and hit it out with a mallet. If I don't give it a good wack it won't come out. I've watched utube videos and the pin seems to come out MUCH easier than mine. Just a little tap. Is this something that gets better with time or are they building then a bit different now? :idunno:
1851 Navy disassembly
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Basset I have the same gun and have owned several over the years, and all of them have had hard pins to remove. Youe can hone of file it down on the sides to fit but just take a little off at a time and then check for fit. It then can be reblued with any cold blue paste or liquid but after you fire several times cold blue will come off and it will have to be done again. I use a wooden drift punch (popcicle stick, corndog stick) or a nylon drift punch and a rawhide hammer to remove mine. Out of all my C&B revolvers reguardless of who makes it they have all been hard to remove, but it is easy to smyth it to fit just right, if your ruin a pin you can get parts from Cimarron arms and DGW. And your other option is well get ya a 1858 Remington no tools required. Hoped this helped Chef, keep your muzzle up and your powder dry.
Mine have always been tight. If it isn't tight enough to require a whack with a mallet on a dowel, I don't want the thing.
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15:25 / sept 6 2010
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Basset,
first off, make sure you don't have the wedge in there too far.. it should be inserted as little as needed to keep the barrel in place.. too far, and it will cause the cylinder to bind with the forcing cone; too little and it won't do the job of keeping the barrel in place.
i simply tap lightly with a wooden mallet and then check the distance between the cylinder and barrel which should be about .004" and .006" - and - you should check to see that the rear of the barrel is cut flush to the cylinder.
there's a pair of well done articles called "tuning the pietta part 1 (and) 2" - both *.pdf and available online.. see if you can find those for more info.
~d~ :hatsoff:
15:25 / sept 6 2010
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Basset,
first off, make sure you don't have the wedge in there too far.. it should be inserted as little as needed to keep the barrel in place.. too far, and it will cause the cylinder to bind with the forcing cone; too little and it won't do the job of keeping the barrel in place.
i simply tap lightly with a wooden mallet and then check the distance between the cylinder and barrel which should be about .004" and .006" - and - you should check to see that the rear of the barrel is cut flush to the cylinder.
there's a pair of well done articles called "tuning the pietta part 1 (and) 2" - both *.pdf and available online.. see if you can find those for more info.
~d~ :hatsoff:
Get it a apart, clean it well and grease the snot out of the arbor and that wedge pin.
Nice to have a tight fit
Nice to have a tight fit
